About this Item: Collins ( Collins Crime Club ), UK, 1945. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. A UK first edition, first impression.Comes with a card SIGNED by Agatha Christie loosely laid in. THE WRAPPER: The wrapper on this copy is bright, clean and complete. it is unclipped. The front panel is bright and unfaded, showing trivial wear at the top edge. The spine is unfaded and bright. It is rubbed and slightly chipped at either end. The back panel is gently soiled and shows light wear to the top and bottom edges. Looks sharp in protective plastic. THE BOOK : The book is tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are unfaded and clean. The corners are sharp. There is a touch of bruising to the spine ends. There a tiny slithers of fading to the spine ends. The text block is clean. No foxing. The closed page edges are sound - they are a little dusty and a little soiled. There are no loose or dog-eared pages. The binding is tight, the hinges are solid. A nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 005411

About this Item: Collins Crime Club., London., 1970. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy and SIGNED in full by AGATHA CHRISTIE to the front end paper. The book is a UK first edition and published in 1970. No inscriptions, torn or loose pages. 256 tightly bound pages with scattered light foxing to the page ends. The bright red boards are unmarked. The wrapper is complete but is price-clipped. NO fade to authors name on spine of the wrapper. Extremely scarce to find a book ,signed and unfaded. A nice example of a rare and highly collected signature. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003672

About this Item: Collins Crime Club., London., 1954. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy that has been SIGNED and DATED by Agatha Christie on the title page. No inscriptions , tears or loss.192 age appropriate pages all intact. Dated 1954 on the copyright page. First UK Edition. Outer red boards with black lettering to the spine is uniform and unmarked throughout. The original wrapper is price-clipped and shows scuffs and minor loss to the spine tips and folds.Chip on top affecting the letter A in Agatha. Rear panel dusty.See through tape on verso. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003950

About this Item: Collins Crime Club., London., 1953. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy and SIGNED "With Love and Best Wishes! From Agatha Christie" on the title page. No inscriptions, tears or loss. 191 heavily foxed pages on the front edges.Outer red boards with black lettering is unmarked. Dated as 1953 on the copyright page. First UK Edition. The original dust-wrapper shows a price of 10s 6d net on the front flap.Chips to top and bottom of the spine and on the front top edge by the flap. This copy was OWNED BY THE MOVIE STAR AND BOOK COLLECTOR Jack Palance. Loosely laid in to this copy is a very collectable "Jack Palance Collection 2006" Bookplate from the auction of more than 1400 books as well as household items and memorabilia. that took place in October 2006 at Jack Palance's huge ranch in Drum Pennsylvania. Vary Rare and more so SIGNED by Christie. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003968

About this Item: Collins Crime Club., 1949. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy and FLAT SIGNED AND DEDICATED to "Mr Griggs" by Agatha Christie to the title page. No tears. Scattered light foxing.First UK edition. 192 pages. Outer red boards are uniform and unmarked. A very tidy copy internally with no inscriptions. Dust wrapper shows correct price of 8s 6d net on front flap. Rubbing and creasing to edges with some small chips to head and tail of spine. Mark on rear panel .Green paper strip has been inserted on the verso of the spine and front flap. I can only assume that this was done in order to prevent any further loss at the spine tips?? Overall quite a respectable example of the notoriously fragile dust wrapper. Protected in a removable archival book sleeve to preserve its condition. Becoming scarce to encounter in the surviving dust wrapper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A book that is becoming more difficult to find, and this has the added bonus of the signature of the author. Rare. Scans available. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003073

About this Item: Collins Crime Club, London, 1939. Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Facsimile Wrapper. !st Edition.First Printing. Collin s Crime Club.London.1939 first edition,first printing, bound in original orange cloth with black lettering to the spine which is lightly faded, original clean unsplit endpapers, 251 pages of very clean text plus 3 pages of ads at the rear, A genuine qutherntic signature of Agatha Christie is mounted to the front free endpaper, this copy has a fine first edition facsimile dust wrapper and the book is now contained in a matching orange cloth slipcase for its future protedtion Size: 8vo. With Author's Signature. Seller Inventory # 001777

About this Item: Collins Crime Club., London., 1940. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in the original un restored dust-wrapper.Includes the SIGNATURE of Agatha Christie to an inlaid card on the title page. Outer orange boards with a slightly faded spine. No inscriptions or tears. 252 plus 4 tight pages. The original dust-wrapper has a price of 8/3 net on the front flap. The front flap is missing about one third but an original facsimile flap has been inserted under the missing portion and now completes the text.Chip to top and bottom of spine affecting part of the title at the top and part of "club" at the bottom. Still extremely attractive and rare. Dated 1940 on the copyright page. No other dates. True UK first edition. Extremely rare copy and even more so with the added bonus of the signature of the Queen Of Crime attached, also included is a collectible Crime Club membership card.Scans available. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002973

About this Item: Collins Crime Club, 1970. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Agatha Christie (1970) ‘Passenger to Frankfurt’, UK first edition, first printing, published by Collins. Signed and inscribed by Christie on the ffep: ‘For Rani [signature]’. Many forgeries of Christie signatures are in circulation. The signature was authenticated by the independent third-party agency ‘Autografica’ for the peace of mind. The letter of authenticity is included with the book. Condition: very good with some shelf wear as pictured. Dust jacket price clipped. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1517229113202

About this Item: Collins Crime Club, London, 1935. Half Morocco,marbled Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. !st Edition. The Crime Club Ltd Collins 1st edition.1935. Newly bound in half blue morocco with matching marbled boards,252 pages plus 4 page ads at rear. size is octavo.the spine has five raised bands with the title in gilt on a burgundy leather label, all pages are very clean. This good copy also has a hand signed cut signature which reads " Yours Sincerely Agatha Christie" tipped into the front endpaper A fine new binding with signature Size: Octavo. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 001318

About this Item: The Crime Club; By Collins, London, 1963. Publisher's Red Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (Brodarted). Dj By Michael Harvey (illustrator). First Edition. pp256. Publisher's red cloth in dustwrapper designed by Michael Harvey. A near fine copy, rock solid tight and clean, save for some dusting to top of text block. Beautifully SIGNED "Agatha Christie" in ink on title page. Jacket has some moderate edgewear, but is now protected and enhanced by Brodart mylar, easily removeable if so desired. The son of Superintendent Battle, the long-time partner of Hercule Poirot, calls the Belgian detective to a quiet seaside resort to help unravel the murder of the man with the clocks, resulting in the most baffling puzzle of Poirot's career -and one of Christie's most ingenious. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4". By Author. Hardcover. Seller Inventory # 008660

About this Item: Collins Crime Club, UK, 1947. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Labours of Hercules Signed by Agatha Christie First Edition Collins Crime Club 1947. No inscriptions, no foxing or browning. Red cloth covers near fine in VG original first state dust jacket. Not price clipped. SIGNED by Agatha Christie to title page without dedication. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002725

About this Item: London Collins for The Crime Club, 1963. First edition, signed by the author on upper endpaper, 8vo., modern full tan morocco with chestnut letting pieces to spine gilt, marbled endpapers and all edges gilt, exceptionally fine. Hercule Poirot is presented with a conundrum involving five clocks, of which only one belongs to the house. There's a corpse discovered by a Stenographer and one of the clocks with variant timing to the others.confused?. Seller Inventory # 94481

About this Item: Collins Crime Club, 1933. Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Agatha Christie (1933) ‘Lord Edgware Dies’, UK first edition, second printing (September 1933), published by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. for The Crime Club. Signed on the ffep by Christie. The signature has been authenticated by the independent company ‘Autografica’. The authentication letter comes with the book. Condition: good given its age. Rubbing to the cloth, minor chips to spine. Some foxing on first pages as shown. The original dust jacket is missing. Agatha Christie needs no introduction. The woman shaped crime fiction with ever more rising popularity. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1517161995180

About this Item: London: Published by The Crime Club by Collins, 1944, 1944. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp160. Publisher's orange cloth in original pictorial dust-jacket. This copy shows some expected dustiness and handling, jacket chipped to extremities, toned to spine. With author's signature in blue ink to the title page. 'Towards Zero' marks the fifth and final appearance of Hercule Poirot's trusty ally Superintendant Battle, who must work hard to solve the murder of Lady Tresillian. Wagstaff & Poole p196. Cooper & Pike; Detective Fiction. Seller Inventory # 40133

About this Item: London: for The Crime Club by Collins, 1946, 1946. Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to spine in black. Spine gently rolled, light fading to spine ends and onto rear panel, slight rubbing to extremities, an excellent unusually bright copy. First UK edition, first impression. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Sir Leonard Woolley on the front free endpaper, "Len, with best wishes, from, Agatha, Xmas 1946". Sir Leonard and his wife Katharine were good friends of Christie and her second husband, the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. Mallowan's archaeological career began as an assistant to Woolley at the excavations at Ur in southern Iraq, and through this friendship and tutelage Christie met Woolley's wife Katharine, on whom the character of Louise Leidner in Murder in Mesopotamia is purportedly based. Published in the US in the same year. Wagstaff & Poole p. 197. Seller Inventory # 117922

About this Item: London: for The Crime Club by Collins, 1953, 1953. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Spine a little faded, internally clean, in the jacket with slightly toned spine, rear panel a little foxed with two short closed tears to head, and one to foot of front panel. An excellent, bright copy. First UK edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Peter from Agatha. June 1953". This Hercule Poirot mystery was first published in the US earlier the same year under the title Funerals Are Fatal. Seller Inventory # 123614

About this Item: London: for The Crime Club by Collins, 1936, 1936. Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to spine in black. Spine gently rolled and faded, small bumps to extremities, an excellent copy. First edition, first impression. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Katharine Woolley on the front free endpaper, "Katharine, from, Agatha". Katharine Woolley and her husband Sir Leonard were good friends of Christie and her second husband, the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. Mallowan's archaeological career began as an assistant to Leonard Woolley at the excavations at Ur in southern Iraq, and through this friendship and tutelage Christie met his wife Katharine, on whom the character of Louise Leidner in Murder in Mesopotamia is purportedly based. Wagstaff & Poole p. 126. Seller Inventory # 117919

About this Item: Collins Crime Club, 1936. First edition. Original orange cloth with thick black lettering. Author's presentation copy, inscribed "With love from Agatha" on the front endpaper. A near fine copy with a slightly faded spine. Inscribed for Geoff and Violet Shipston, close friends and the dedicatees of Three Act Tragedy. Seller Inventory # 33659

About this Item: Collins Crime Club, 1936. First edition. Original orange cloth with thick black lettering. Author's presentation copy, inscribed "With love from Agatha" on the front endpaper. A near fine copy with a slightly faded spine. Inscribed for Geoff and Violet Shipston, close friends and the dedicatees of Three Act Tragedy. Seller Inventory # 33660

About this Item: London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1932, 1932. Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to spine in black. Housed in a red quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Spine gently rolled and browned, fraying to spine ends and joints, slight wear to outer tips, light soiling to boards. First UK edition, first impression. The dedication copy, inscribed by the author to the dedicatees Sir Leonard and Katharine Woolley on the front free endpaper, "With love to you both, from, Agatha". Sir Leonard and his wife Katharine were good friends of Christie and her second husband, the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. Mallowan's archaeological career began as an assistant to Leonard Woolley at the excavations at Ur in southern Iraq, and through this friendship and tutelage Christie met his wife Katharine, on whom the character of Louise Leidner in Murder in Mesopotamia is purportedly based. Published in the US in the following year under the title The Tuesday Club Murders. One of the author's most uncommon first editions. Wagstaff & Poole p. 80. Seller Inventory # 117925

About this Item: Collins Crime Club, London, 1932. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HARDBACK - A very good or better book, with clean red boards that are entirely free of soiling. There is a touch of fading to the spine, but is still fresh in appearance. The inner pages are clean with a little foxing to the outer pages. Warmly Inscribed by the author to the ffep. The dust wrapper is in very good condition, showing the correctly printed price of 7s.6d.net to the spine. The dust wrapper has had light restoration performed to the tip and tail of the spine, also to the corners of the front and rear flap folds. The restoration is of the highest quality, with the dust wrapper presenting very well indeed. There is soiling to the spine, also with light soiling to the rear panel. Overall, a nice pre war Christie title in it's original first edition, first Impression dust wrapper, Inscribed by the author. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 000584